e chegaron aa agua, | cada ũu como viínna,†CSM 243:18It's hard to choose between elision of ũu to un, and synaeresis in viínna, as the better resolution for the surplus metrical syllable in this line. Both are common elsewhere. I have plumped for the latter though, as it feels slightly better rhythmically, and gives the compressed syllable vii- an ascending plica.bod, which brings out the natural syllables anyway.

Footnotes

It's hard to choose between elision of ũu to un, and synaeresis in viínna, as the better resolution for the surplus metrical syllable in this line. Both are common elsewhere. I have plumped for the latter though, as it feels slightly better rhythmically, and gives the compressed syllable vii- an ascending plica.bod, which brings out the natural syllables anyway.

Standard spelling

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Footnotes

E1:

Elmes has transcribed this ligature and the next up one note, both here and in the vuelta at E2.

Oxford CSM Database record

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Metrical summary

Refrain

7' 7' 7' 7'

Stanzas

7' | 7' 7' | 7' 7' | 7' 7' | 7'

Rhyme

ABBA / cccA

R

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

A

ei̯ɾos

B

i.a

c

ada

oŋes

aβaŋ

iɲa

ɛɾoŋ

oɾes

Estimated performance times

Average syllables / min.

Time

Very slow

50

12:09

Slow

100

6:04

Medium

150

4:03

Fast

200

3:02

Very fast

250

2:25

These are very approximate total times for a full sung (or spoken) performance of all stanzas with all repeats of the refrain.
Note that the speed is in average syllables per minute, and no particular mensural interpretation is assumed.
More ornamented music will reduce the syllabic speed considerably. Remember also to add time for instrumental preludes,
interludes and postludes.

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